Quote Originally Posted by xlr8r
i assume the reason lilo is not working is because Knoppix is the only OS on the computer?
Nothing to do with that. But if Knoppix is the only OS, you don't get any menu if not pressing Shift button when LILO text is seen in the beginning of the boot process.

Did you remember to run 'lilo' after 'liloconfig'? If you still get Grub prompt, please check /etc/lilo.conf that you have
Code:
boot="/dev/hda"
meaning that lilo is in mbr. And don't forget to run 'lilo' after making changes to lilo.conf! Notice also that errors in lilo.conf don't make changes active. So please check that no error message is shown when running lilo.